Jane Clarke is a talented new writer and the author ofOnly Tadpoles Have TailsandSherman Swaps Shells, both in the Flying Foxes series andDino Dog,published by Young Corgi. She was shortlisted for the Fidler Award in 1998. Jane has also writtenSmoky Dragons(Little Tiger Press),Plodney Creeper,Supersloth(Egmont, 'Blue Bananas series'), as well as numerous poems published in collections. Jane moved to a village in Kent last summer and she and her dogs are having fun exploring the countryside and making new friends. She enjoys helping out at the local Primary School and visiting schools all over the UK and Benelux.
Mary McQuillan is the talented young illustrator ofOur TwitchyandWho's Poorly Too?by Kes Gray, winner of the 2001 Sheffield Picture Book Award,Squeaky Cleanby Simon Puttock andWho Will Sing My Puff-a-Bye?by Charlotte Hudson. Her illustrations have also appeared in poetry collections, on greetings cards, fabric and wallpaper designs. She lives and works in Somerset.